Getting Outside Close to Home by Michael Valliant
2020 has been a year of staying home. A year of canceled plans and vacations. It’s been good for home improvements and movie streaming and for Zoom meetings. But it’s not too late to get outside ~ all you have to do is set your sights locally. And with the leaves turning colors and cooler temperatures, fall on the Eastern Shore is one of the best times to hit state parks, environmental centers, wildlife refuges and natural resource management
islands, each with social distancing built in. “The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best,” according to John James Audubon, who knew a thing or two about birds and nature. A similar case can be made for getting outside. If we only look to appreciate nature and being outside when we go away, we can find ourselves doubly stuck when we can’t travel. When we make time to get outside
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